<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Semi	O
Secret	O
Software	O
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
Greg	O
Wohlwend	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
on	O
January	O
7	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
later	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
built	O
for	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
in	O
2010	O
as	O
indie	O
game	O
artist	O
Wohlwend	O
's	O
first	O
self-developed	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Flash	B-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
sites	O
did	O
not	O
purchase	O
the	O
title	O
,	O
he	O
open	O
sourced	O
the	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eric	O
Johnson	O
of	O
Semi	O
Secret	O
ported	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
iPad	B-Device
,	O
which	O
began	O
a	O
collaboration	O
between	O
Wohlwend	O
and	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
Adam	O
Saltsman	O
,	O
who	O
became	O
the	O
primary	O
puzzle	O
designer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hidden	O
between	O
the	O
puzzles	O
are	O
a	O
few	O
ciphers	B-Application
—	O
incomprehensible	O
text	O
to	O
be	O
decoded	O
through	O
substitution	O
cipher	B-Application
and	O
other	O
methods	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hundredswas	O
developed	O
by	O
Semi	O
Secret	O
Software	O
:	O
Adam	O
Saltsman	O
of	O
Canabalt	B-Application
,	O
Greg	O
Wohlwend	O
of	O
Puzzlejuice	B-Application
,	O
composer	O
Scott	O
Morgan	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Loscil	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
developer	O
Eric	O
Johnson	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wohlwend	O
originally	O
built	O
Hundreds	O
as	O
a	O
Flash	B-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
an	O
artist	O
,	O
he	O
wanted	O
to	O
experiment	O
with	O
game	O
programming	O
following	O
his	O
release	O
of	O
Solipskier	B-Application
with	O
programmer	O
Mike	O
Boxleiter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Flash	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2010	O
and	O
is	O
available	O
online	O
at	O
Newgrounds	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
gameplay	O
evolved	O
into	O
what	O
became	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wohlwend	O
wanted	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
purchased	O
by	O
a	O
Flash	B-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
site	O
like	O
Kongregate	O
or	O
Newgrounds	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
sites	O
were	O
not	O
interested	O
,	O
he	O
chose	O
to	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
his	O
code	O
,	O
partly	O
with	O
the	O
intent	O
to	O
spur	O
"	O
non-coders	O
"	O
to	O
try	O
coding	O
,	O
as	O
he	O
had	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Programmer	O
Eric	O
Johnson	O
of	O
Semi	O
Secret	O
found	O
the	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
version	O
and	O
ported	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
iPad	B-Device
in	O
a	O
weekend	O
before	O
notifying	O
Wohlwend	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Wohlwend	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
an	O
iOS	B-Application
device	O
to	O
test	O
the	O
port	O
,	O
and	O
had	O
to	O
purchase	O
an	O
iPad	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Johnson	O
's	O
iPad	B-Device
version	O
spurred	O
Wohlwend	O
to	O
consider	O
how	O
Hundreds	O
would	O
work	O
with	O
multitouch	O
and	O
cooperative	O
play	O
,	O
and	O
Semi	O
Secret	O
's	O
Adam	O
Saltsman	O
to	O
consider	O
a	O
Hundreds	O
collaboration	O
,	O
especially	O
as	O
the	O
company	O
lacked	O
the	O
funds	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
a	O
new	O
game	O
from	O
scratch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
began	O
to	O
work	O
towards	O
an	O
iOS	B-Application
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
core	O
differences	O
between	O
the	O
Flash	O
and	O
iOS	B-Application
versions	O
are	O
a	O
new	O
endless	O
mode	O
and	O
a	O
narrative	O
element	O
based	O
on	O
ciphers	B-Application
and	O
codes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wohlwend	O
credited	O
Saltsman	O
with	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
a	O
Brave	O
New	O
World-style	O
fiction	O
within	O
the	O
game	O
that	O
used	O
ciphers	B-Application
,	O
though	O
the	O
idea	O
was	O
also	O
influenced	O
by	O
a	O
similar	O
plot	O
element	O
in	O
Dash	O
Shaw	O
's	O
Bottomless	O
Belly	O
Button	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
was	O
also	O
inspired	O
by	O
Superbrothers	B-Application
:	I-Application
Sword	I-Application
&	I-Application
Sworcery	I-Application
EP	I-Application
boldness	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
January	O
7	O
,	O
2013	O
for	O
iPhone	B-Device
and	O
iPad	B-Device
,	O
and	O
on	O
June	O
28	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iOS	B-Application
version	O
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
video	O
game	O
review	O
score	O
aggregator	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
added	O
that	O
Hundreds	O
had	O
cultural	O
cachet	O
"	O
unprecedented	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
medium	O
of	O
video	O
games	O
and	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
other	O
design	O
objects	O
—	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
closer	O
to	O
Prada	O
or	O
a	O
lobby	O
bar	O
than	O
to	O
Angry	B-Application
Birds	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
For	O
this	O
reason	O
,	O
reviewers	O
preferred	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
version	O
for	O
its	O
larger	O
screen	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Mike	O
Rose	O
of	O
Gamasutra	O
compared	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
the	O
inverse	O
of	O
Jezzball	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiple	O
reviewers	O
felt	O
that	O
the	O
cipher	B-Application
puzzles	O
were	O
out	O
of	O
place	O
,	O
and	O
TouchArcade	O
said	O
it	O
was	O
easy	O
to	O
ignore	O
them	O
as	O
what	O
felt	O
like	O
an	O
"	O
utterly	O
distinct	O
"	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bogost	O
thought	O
that	O
the	O
hidden	O
ciphers	B-Application
were	O
the	O
"	O
surest	O
clue	O
"	O
of	O
its	O
status	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
design	O
object	O
and	O
not	O
a	O
consumable	O
media	O
experience	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slater	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
ciphers	B-Application
felt	O
forced	O
and	O
unexciting	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
disappointed	O
overall	O
in	O
consideration	O
of	O
"	O
the	O
incredible	O
talent	O
involved	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wireds	O
Ryan	O
Rigney	O
wrote	O
that	O
Hundreds	O
distinguished	O
itself	O
among	O
iOS	B-Application
puzzle	O
games	O
in	O
its	O
style	O
and	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
